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Is environmentalism a religion?

2007-07-23T00:58:05-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,127, Reviews: 2 Updated: 7-23-07, Published: 7-23-07
Status: Complete

Is environmentalism the religious asceticism of the 21st century? This essay examines the religious properties of the environmental movement, from the secular organisations and their links with Neopaganism to the Christian reinterpretation of Genesis.

Jesus: metaphorical or literal?

2007-06-22T23:21:28-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,514, Reviews: 3 Updated: 6-22-07, Published: 6-22-07
Status: Complete

An essay on how the Christ narrative fits into the worldwide Monomyth. Is it possible to take Jesus as a literal historical figure, or is the story entirely metaphorical?

The Axial Ages and the Transformation of Religion

2007-06-21T20:15:53-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,320, Reviews: 1 Updated: 6-21-07, Published: 6-21-07
Status: Complete

Why did mankind turn from mythical thinking and adopt transcendant religion? How did this happen around the same time, all over the world? This essay explores the changing face of religion and how that applies to us today.

Pascal's Wager and Pluralism

2007-02-22T22:57:21-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,563, Reviews: 3 Updated: 2-22-07, Published: 2-22-07
Status: Complete

A look at Pascal's Wager and how it can play into the concept that all religions have different pieces of the cosmic puzzle.

Roman Women

2006-11-06T11:52:29-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,670, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-6-06, Published: 11-4-06
Status: Complete

Were Roman women the same as slaves? This essay looks at the lives and laws surrounding Roman women and slaves to find out what it was like to be living in one of the greatest civilisations in history.

Was 1500CE the turning point of the world?

2006-10-29T21:07:31-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,572, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-29-06, Published: 10-29-06
Status: Complete

Many changes occurred from the year 1500C.E. onwards. Countries formerly isolated from each other came into contact and began the network of global connections we have today. This essay looks into how this change happened, and its significance.

The New Age: commodified religion?

2006-10-04T21:30:00-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,753, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-4-06, Published: 10-4-06
Status: In-Progress

Is the New Age the pop culture commodification of religion, the new opiate of the masses?

The Crusades

2006-09-30T18:51:08-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,709, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-30-06, Published: 9-30-06
Status: Complete

Just how did Pope Urban get such an enthusiastic response to the Crusades?

Where is religion today?

2006-09-28T01:46:31-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,789, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-28-06, Published: 9-28-06
Status: Complete

Religion has been touted as becoming obsolete. However the rise of fundamentalism is evident throughout the world today. This essay examines the cause behind this phenomenon.

Writer's Block

2003-04-29T03:55:53-08:00

Author: the coffee fiend
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 47, Reviews: 10 Updated: 4-29-03, Published: 4-29-03
Status: Complete

A short poem about the nastily prolific Writer's Block